Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Historic Aircraft Collection
Operating from IWM Duxford, the Historic Aircraft Collection (HAC) was formed in 1985 by Guy Black and Angus Spencer-Nairn to restore and operate a collection of piston engined military aircraft.
Own website: historicaircraftcollection.com
Hawker Fury F MK1
G-CBZP / K5674
Hawker Nimrod II
G-BURZ / K3661 / 562
Hawker Hurricane XIIa
G-HURI
de Havilland DH 9
E-8894 G-CDLI (made its maiden, post-restoration flight at Duxford on 13 May 2019)
Fiesler Storch
G-BPHZ (Currently in Mainteance)
Past and present restorations
All HAC's restoration work is being undertaken by Retrotec Limited, under the control of Guy Black.
Originally formed to restore the aircraft owned by Aero Vintage Ltd and Historic Aircraft Collection, Retrotec have been restoring vintage aircraft for over 20 years.
Hawker Nimrod I
G-BWWK / S1581 / 573 (first flew in July 2000) [ 13/09/1996 > 15/08/2002 ]
Spitfire Mk. Vb
G-MKVB [ 04/11/1993 > 13/02/2023 ]
Hawker Hind
41H.82971 / L7181 / G-CBLK
No scheduled completion date as yet
Hawker Audax
K5600 / ex- G-BVVI
No scheduled completion date as yet
Yak 1
1342 G-BTZD
Originally started restoration by Hawker Restorations, now undertaken by Retrotec with no scheduled completion date as yet
other restorations from Aero Vintage Ltd
Bristol Fighter F2b
D-7889 G-AANM
[ Completed 2006 > First post restoration flight 25/5/2006 > Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa ]
Bristol F2b-17
'66' / NR [ > Belgium ]
de Havilland Tiger Moth
T6691 / VT-DPE / G-BUJY [ > Belgium ]
Messerschmitt 109E-1
4034
Messerschmitt 109F-4
10132 [ > Canada ]
Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa 2013
Nieuport 28
G-BSKS [ > U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA ]
Sopwith Pup
N6161 / G-ELRT [ > Private ]
Duxford 2016
Spitfire Mk Vc
EP545 / G-CDGY [ 19/01/2005 < > 27/08/2021 > Warbird Experiences, Biggin Hill ]
Spitfire Mk IX
TE566 / G-BLCK [ > South Africa ]
Duxford 1990's scan